Are we ever going to get logs of battles?
If you could see what your opponent used to beat your defence then, I think, this would solve a lot of issues with GA and TW. It would give you a chance to appreciate superior strategic play as opposed to leaving you with that niggling feeling that somebody was cheating. This wouldn't need to be a full replay of battles; which would be absolutely amazing and lend a new level of sophistication to defensive team building and modding, but even a report - this person used this team to beat this team, would be great.
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Quote aside, what you are asking for would be like a cheat code.
I'm not really sure what this quote means but this feature is something CG wants to add. I don't know if they still intend to and if so why it's taking so long.
If you suspect cheating, report it. It's not our job to prove it, they have the tools for that.
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This goes both ways. So far our best bet when we have questions has been to report our opponent as a possible cheater. We have no means to differentiate between a novel strategy and a cheater. Giving even a simple battle log empowers the players to more accurately identify cheaters. And with rewards becoming more meaningful you can bet there will be an increase in these reports.
I hope the tools Leviathan and Lucifer's Daddy are rolling out make difference but I suspect we'll never know.
Plus, how many strategies are really "secret" anyway? With all the sources of information out there these "secret" strategies don't stay that way long.
That quote I understood (and appreciated). The cheat code comment was what I didn't get at first.
That doesnt really mean it goes both ways. There are some logical ways to make an educated guess and there players who are sore about losing.
If it's a secret more than once it's a win. This change would make sure that's not the case.
Just my opinion.
It goes both ways: it keeps your "secret" strategy secret and it keeps cheaters secret. Not sure how much more "both ways" it could be.
I mean, what would you report, though? "I think maybe this person cheated?" Usually I feel like reporting something like that requires evidence, and the whole point is that we don't know what they actually did due to the lack of replays or at least a record of what teams were used.
If you feel they are cheating report it, if not then dont, but being able to look at someone's strategy on how they beat you would go way further to help players who may not be as good a strategist more than it will prove anything.
I think people believe cheating is more prevalent than it actually is.
How prevalent is it?
That's the thing, it doesnt keep cheaters secret. It could potentially clue someone in that their opponent may have been cheating.
It's much simpler to just report what you think it you think it, and leave game play out of it. IMO.
I think it’s fine to show teams used during review phase and it’s not like we’ll be facing the same opponent multiple times over
It doesn't? I do pretty well in all my GA matchups and regularly get 56 or more banners. When I lose it's by a handful of banners. I'm also regularly only a handful of banners away from a "perfect" clear. With such a slim margin there is really no way to identify a cheater. One or two, half, or all of my losses could have been to cheaters but I may never suspect a thing because I wasn't blown out.
On the other hand you've preserved a "secret" (that is probably not as big of a secret as you think) for an extra round or two.
Faith in the system vs. the "belief" that you have a clever team. I'll take faith in the system.
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't remember that quote and will have to go find it.
I give up. I read the entire last Q&A here and could not find where they said that. Can you point me in the right direction?
Edit: URL (because the link above isn't obvious from a computer): https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/205068/developer-q-a-may-29th/p1
When someone who only has G10 dudes left beats my G12 JKR team in 1 battle do I report them for cheating? I mean they might just have had a really good strategy but it is unlikely.